What is the difference between Cream Yellow and Medium Yellow?

ΔE 10 (close). Medium Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cream Yellow vs Medium Yellow

Cream Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-34
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e19914 (estimate)

Medium Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.002
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f9a70d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated than Cream Yellow.

Can I use Medium Yellow instead of Cream Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Medium Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated than Cream Yellow.

Can I use Cream Yellow instead of Medium Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cream Yellow is a little darker, more muted.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Cream Yellow on the colour wheel See Medium Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cream Yellow

Cream Yellow vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Yellow
Cream Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Yellow
Cream Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Yellow

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Medium Yellow

Medium Yellow vs RLM 04 Yellow (C-113)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Cream Yellow
Medium Yellow vs RLM 04 Yellow (H-413)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Cream Yellow
Medium Yellow vs Yellow FS13538 (H-329)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cream Yellow

All matches: Cream Yellow equivalents · Medium Yellow equivalents